Hookah Bars- Hookah Cafe Part 4

Hey there! Ok so here is a little bit more on the details of the wonderful Hookah and Shisha spot The Hookah Cafe. The Hookah Cafe is located on the upper east side on 60th street between 1st and 2nd avenues. The owner, Ayman, is probably the most knowledgeable person on the subject of hookahs and shisha both historically and experientially that i have ever met. He explained a few things to us while we were there. First was that when mixing shisha flavors, it is best to look at the type of plant that you have rather than the preferred tastes in order to get the most full experience. He says that you flavors acoording to their plant type. for instance, you dont mix apple with melon because apple is a high tree fruit and melon is a low tree fruit. you would not mix mango and watermelon because again, watermelon is a fruit that comes from the low ground and mangoes grow high up in a mango tree. so when mixing flavors you want to keep like plants together. You can mix apple and mango or pomegranate because these are all high tree fruits. when we asked him about the process of making his special four apple blend, he had a very interesting answer. we asked what makes a four apple a four apple? he said that an apple does not taste the same when it is very small, as it does when it is more mature, as it does when you would pick it from the tree, or as it would taste when it would naturally fall from the tree. these are his choices for his very tasty four apple hookah. he uses the ground apple, the picked apple, the maturing apple, and of course the baby apple to give rise to his wondrously tasteful four apple blend. And let me tell you this: if you ever want an authentic hooka and great shisha taste, only possibly rivaled by other homemade shisha, look no further than The Hookah Cafe!